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Apr 16, 2010 | 02:31 PM

boldtx

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Trunk Release Ideas

My battery is located in the trunk since I have a separate fuel cell for my nitrous under the hood. Last week my battery died so I took the old one out and closed the hatch not even thinking what I was doing. Normally this would not be a big deal but I just had a rollbar installed and I can no longer crawl into the back of the car. Luckily through mass amounts of patience I was able to just touch the wires to the terminals to get power to the trunk release after I had to twist my body into a pretzel. Now that the new battery is in it got me thinking if this battery ever dies I am screwed there will be no way for me to reach the battery. Does anyone know if there is some sort of mechanical release that I could get that would not have to be powered electrically to get the trunk open in case this happens again.

Apr 16, 2010 | 03:53 PM

87SAM

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I guess you can not reach the manual release already provided?

Last edited by 87SAM; Apr 16, 2010 at 03:57 PM.

Apr 16, 2010 | 05:51 PM

tbiker99

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How about getting one of those battery chargers (or jumpstart kits) that uses a cigerette lighter plug? I would think one of those would give enough current to pop the hatch.

Apr 16, 2010 | 06:55 PM

fun01

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I have a monte carlo that had the trunk lock taken out and filled. They put a hood latch release next to the back seat. Works great! Not sure how it would work in a vette tho....

Apr 16, 2010 | 09:07 PM

boldtx

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Yeah no way to reach the manual release.
The cigarette jump starter is a good one I had not thought of that.
Maybe I can just put an extension I guess on the manual release.

Apr 16, 2010 | 11:13 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by boldtx

Yeah no way to reach the manual release.
The cigarette jump starter is a good one I had not thought of that.
Maybe I can just put an extension I guess on the manual release.

yep tie a string to it

mission accomplished

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